Friday’s edition of Business First ranked private high schools in Louisville on ACT scores and tuition. Highlands Latin was 1st among private (and public) schools on the ACT with one of the lowest tuition rates in Louisville.

Note: This achievement is for the class of 2014. See the recent Insider Louisville article about 44% of the Class of 2015 recognized in the National Merit Competition.

Come find out how Highlands Latin has the highest academic results with one of the lowest tuition rates in Louisville. You can also request an admissions packet online or schedule a tour by calling 502-895-5333.

A record 7 out of 16 Highlands Latin seniors were just recognized in the National Merit Scholarship Competition (6 Semifinalists and 1 Commended Student). Semifinalists represent the top 1% of college-bound seniors. The odds of this just happening by chance are about 1 in 300,000,000. (See the Insider Louisvillefeature article about this rare accomplishment.)

I hope you enjoyed your long summer. As we begin this year, I want to update you about changes for the 2015-2016 school year.

In fall 2015, we plan to move move 9th through 12th grade to Spring Meadows. We know this will be a significant transition for many of our families, and we will work hard to make the move as easy as possible.

To accommodate this move, we will be finishing an additional classroom in the David Cottage, an art and music room in the residence, and new offices, classrooms, and a lunchroom in Cooke Hall. This will be a busy year, but we are excited about the growth in the upper school that is leading to this move. We will provide additional details about the move throughout this year.

Finally, I emailed you in the spring about plans for a new gym at Spring Meadows. Last week, we received our site permit to begin building the parking lot and pad for the gym. We hope to have the gym completed before the end of 2015.

In the same email, I mentioned that the city was requiring us to install almost $200,000 worth of sidewalks. We did reach a compromise to build a much shorter sidewalk from our entrance to a new TARC stop on our property. Thank you for the support many of you provided in reaching this agreement.